`Neta, babu, lala, jhola and dada'
`As I see it, there are five key players in our Indian corruption scene. These are the neta, babu, lala, jhola and dada,' says Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) N. Vittal in his blueprint for a plan for ridding India of graft.

The faceless dead don't have opinions
Name: Unknown. Age: Unknown. Build: Medium. Hair: Dark. Distinguishing marks: None. Status: Brought dead. Every day of the year, a few hundred people in India are thus characterised in a little form issued by hospital emergency rooms.

Century Snapshots 1917
``Had I to live a hundred births, I would have longed to be born in India.'' SIR JAGADISH CHANDRA BOSE A prophet of his age. That was the Spectator decribing Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose.